May 1, 2000

Outbreak of echovirus 30 meningitis in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales.

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Population

30 cases of aseptic meningitis in Wingecarribee Shire, NSW, Australia, aged 8 months to 51 years.

Design

Case_series

Authors

IGIain B. GosbellAustralian Red Cross Lifeblood DRDavid RobinsonAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist KCKerry ChantAustralian National University

Discussion

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to echovirus 30 outbreaks in aseptic meningitis; leaves open transmission source identification and control.

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Population

30 cases of aseptic meningitis (7 definite, 7 probable, 16 possible) in Wingecarribee Shire, NSW, Australia, aged 8 months to 51 years (median 25 years).

This report details an outbreak of echovirus 30 aseptic meningitis in New South Wales, highlighting typical clinical features and the challenges in identifying the transmission source.

Limitations

Suboptimal collection of appropriate specimens
PCR for enterovirus became available two months after the outbreak finished and was performed on stored CSF supernatant, compromising sensitivity
Source of the outbreak remains unknown despite investigation

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Gosbell et al. (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a900f8311fe3daa372b0904 https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2000.24.18

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Outbreak of echovirus 30 meningitis in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales.

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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Outbreak of echovirus 30 meningitis in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales.

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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